Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo are returning to their respective golf equipment after being questioned by police on the Italian nationwide group’s camp, Italy’s soccer federation, FIGC, introduced Thursday.
Their withdrawal from the nationwide group comes amid allegations that the pair have been concerned in unlawful betting, based on The Guardian’s Fabrizio Romano.
The FIGC did not reveal the character of Thursday’s assembly with police, solely confirming Turin investigators had met with Tonali and Zaniolo and that the pair might be unavailable for Euro 2024 qualifiers towards Malta and England.
“The Federation declares that, within the late afternoon of right now, the general public prosecutor’s workplace of Turin has notified investigative acts to footballers Sandro Tonali and Nicolo Zaniolo, presently assembly with the nationwide group on the Federal Technical Middle of Coverciano,” the FIGC’s assertion reads.
“Whatever the nature of the acts, contemplating that on this state of affairs the 2 gamers will not be within the crucial situation to face the commitments scheduled within the coming days, the Federation has determined, additionally to guard them, to permit them to return to their respective golf equipment.”
It was introduced Wednesday that Juventus midfielder Nicolo Fagioli was underneath investigation by the FIGC over alleged playing breaches. He faces a three-year ban and a major nice if discovered responsible.
The identical prosecutor’s workplace in Turin that questioned Tonali and Zaniolo additionally opened an investigation into Fagioli, based on Agence France-Presse.
The allegations towards Newcastle’s Tonali and Aston Villa’s Zaniolo had been made by columnist Fabrizio Corona, based on Susy Campanale of Soccer Italia. Specifically, Corona accused Zaniolo of betting on Roma’s Coppa Italia video games whereas he was a member of the Serie A group.
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